Category Archives: Quotes
Question #2: Flame wars, why has our political debate become so nasty?
The following question has been popping up a lot recently, and it relates to the prior post on Angry Libertarians: Why has our political discourse become so uncivil? The idea that we should do something has been popularly replaced with … Continue reading
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Tagged America polarized, Ayn Rand, civil, civil society, coercion, free association, Individual Rights, initiation of force, majoritarianism, political correctness, political debate, political discourse, political discussion, privacy, problems in our government, proper government, retaliatory force, rhetoric, tyranny, uncivil, voluntary
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Independence Day Roundup
Below are some quotes, links, and videos related to Independence Day, which we can continue to celebrate through the weekend and every day. In words that resonate today, General George Washington‘s wrote on 7/2/1776, excerpted from general orders (HT: The … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Quotes
Tagged Andrew Lewis, Ari Armstrong, Edward Cline, George Washington, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Independence, Independence Day, Jack Frake, Leonard Peikoff, Michael Berliner, Michael J Hurd, Patrick Henry, Pragmatism, Principles, Ron Pisatruo, Soomo Publishing, Sparrowhawk, Thomas Jefferson, Van Damme Academy
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Our Declaration of Independence
On this Independence Day, consider the virtue of independence in your own personal life. Great American, and Russia-born, author Ayn Rand expressed the essence of independence at such a personal level, when she wrote in For the New Intellectual: “Independence … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Benicio del Toro, Declaration of Independence, Edward Norton, Graham Greene, Independence, Individual Rights, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey, Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Ming-Na, Renee Zellweger, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Virtue, Whoopi Goldberg, Winona Ryder
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Selfish Citizenship 